Film Review: The British comedy Nativity! was a pleasant surprise in that it wasn’t quite as bad as you might expect. Not so this cynical rehash of a sequel.

David Tennant does his best but Nativity! 2 isn’t very funny (Picture: E1)

The British comedy Nativity! was a pleasant surprise in that it wasn’t quite as bad as you might expect.

Not so this cynical rehash of a sequel. David Tennant (pictured right) joins the cast as a new primary-school teacher who becomes quickly and dangerously tolerant of his irresponsible teaching assistant (Marc Wootton). Cut to an illicit road trip to Wales with a bunch of effectively kidnapped children in tow.

It’s an uneasy premise for comedy and relies on very broad humour to tease out the occasional laugh (think toddlers breakdancing and poo jokes). Tennant does his level best in two roles – one as a supercilious twin brother – but the script takes too many liberties with reality and its slightly mean streak is neither festive nor funny.

Score: 1/5VIDEO:Check out the trailer for Nativity! 2

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